Alcohol-Related Diagnoses in Hospital Admissions for All Causes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Trends and Cohort Differences From 1993 to 2010.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the association between baseline life-space mobility and nursing home (NH) admission among community-dwelling older adults over 6 years. METHODS:Using data from a prospective, observational cohort study consisting of a random sample of 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries ≥ 65 years of age stratified by r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sheppard KD,Sawyer P,Ritchie CS,Allman RM,Brown CJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression is particularly prevalent in low-income and disabled older adults, and minority populations face a greater risk of poverty and earlier disability onset. Yet, little is known about the mental health of older subsidized housing residents, a population which is disproportionately composed of persons o...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Gonyea JG,Curley A,Melekis K,Levine N,Lee Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactions toward older adults have been widely researched, but the question of whether such reactions are due to age per se or due to the presence of other stigmas (e.g., physical disabilities) has received little attention. This study was designed to investigate emotional reactions and willingness to help older vers...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Menec VH,Perry RP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examine how statutory workweeks affect workers' provision of long-term care for their non-coresident elderly parents. METHOD:The Korean government reduced its statutory workweek from 44 to 40 hr, gradually from larger to smaller establishments, between 2004 and 2011. Using multiple regressions, we assess...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kim EH,Lee C,Do YK

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives were to examine the validity and reliability of a five-item neighborhood measurement scale. METHODS:Respondents were enrolled from two catchment areas: a poor inner city and a heterogeneous suburban area. Items combine for a total score of 5 (best) to 20 (worst). The authors compared scales a...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Andresen EM,Malmstrom TK,Miller DK,Wolinsky FD

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated outcomes of geriatric rehabilitation and predictors of success among 81 consecutive admissions to a 40-bed rehabilitation unit in a long-term care facility. Predictors measured at admission included sociodemographic variables, functional status (both current and prior to illness), social contac...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： McCusker J,Mundt DJ,Stoddard AM,Cole E,Whitbourne SK,Simmons JE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study places the self-perceptions of aging (SPA)-health link in the couple context and examines how changes in one's own and spouse's SPA influence multiple health domains and how such associations differ by gender. Methods: Fixed-effects regression models were estimated. Data were drawn from the Heal...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Luo MS,Li LW,Hu RX

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the stability of short-term plans to retire and to evaluate the role of self-reported health status in predicting both plans to retire and actual retirement from a sample of 1,165 older members of a prepayment, group practice model, health maintenance organization. The study sam...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Midanik LT,Soghikian K,Ransom LJ,Polen MR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the association between alcohol use, at-risk drinking, and binge drinking, and loneliness in a sample of middle-aged and older adults. METHOD:We studied participants aged 50+ years from the 2008 wave of the Health and Retirement Study who reported alcohol use. We ran separate multinomial logisti...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Canham SL,Mauro PM,Kaufmann CN,Sixsmith A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the use of postacute services alone or in combination following a hospitalization for a hip fracture or stroke by Medicare beneficiaries who were relatively well and living in the community prior to the index event. METHODS:Health-service use histories were constructed using Medicare claims. Pat...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Berg K,Intrator O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed whether three commonly used self-rated health (SRH) items (global, age-comparative, and self-comparative) are equivalent measures of health perception for older adults. METHOD:Regression analyses were used to simultaneously contrast the associations between physical, psychological, and so...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sargent-Cox KA,Anstey KJ,Luszcz MA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the relationship between caregivers' perception of community-based long-term care (CBLTC) services and the service use. METHOD:We used first two waves of the longitudinal data set of 1,416 dyads of care recipients and their caregivers in Singapore. Four perceived attributes of LTC service...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Liu C,Eom K,Matchar DB,Chong WF,Chan AW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: There is limited knowledge about whether childhood disadvantage, defined as economic and health disadvantage, influences recovery from functional impairment. Method: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (2008-2010), this research explores whether childhood disadvantage shapes recovery from mobili...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Latham-Mintus K,Aman KM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the relationship between coping styles, quality of life, and depressive symptoms in older heart failure patients. Eighty heart failure patients seeking treatment in an outpatient heart failure or family practice clinic participated in a study examining depression, disability, and heart failure. Pat...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Klein DM,Turvey CL,Pies CJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces a conjecture and reviews partial evidence about peculiarities in the aging of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that may impact future elderly health status. Using Survey on Health and Well-Being of Elders data (SABE; n = 10,902), the authors estimated effects of early childh...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Palloni A,McEniry M,Wong R,Peláez M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:People in poor health tend to view life-prolonging treatments (e.g., tube feeding) as more acceptable than do healthier people. Do proxies' substituted judgments reveal a similar tendency, showing greater acceptance when the elder is in worse health? METHOD:In a cross-sectional telephone-based survey of 202 ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Winter L,Parks SM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this prospective study of smoking cessation among married individuals in midlife we examine correspondence in the change of each partner's smoking status with that of the other, independent of established psychosocial correlates of smoking cessation. METHODS:Using longitudinal data from the first two wav...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Franks MM,Pienta AM,Wray LA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to evaluate fall rates across body mass index (BMI) categories by age group, considering physical performance and comorbidities. METHOD:In the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study, 5,834 men aged ≥65 reported falls every 4 months over 4.8 (±0.8) years. Adjusted associations bet...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hooker ER,Shrestha S,Lee CG,Cawthon PM,Abrahamson M,Ensrud K,Stefanick ML,Dam TT,Marshall LM,Orwoll ES,Nielson CM,Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the general persistence and even increase of strong socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in health in the United States, research suggests that SES differentials in health may diminish or become nonexistent at older ages. However, most research has used only limited measures of SES (e.g. education, income...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Robert S,House JS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate the benefits of a short-term intervention for older adults that targeted cognitive functioning and quality of life issues important for independent living. METHOD:One hundred twenty-four community-dwelling participants (aged 60 to 86) took part in one of three study con...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Noice H,Noice T,Staines G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the relationship between frailty and falls. METHOD:A total of 847 Mexican Americans from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly were evaluated. The outcome variable was fall occurrence. Some predictor variables included were frailty, sociodemographic variable...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Samper-Ternent R,Karmarkar A,Graham J,Reistetter T,Ottenbacher K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many studies have examined quality effects of nursing facility (NF) staffing, but few have examined effects of unionization. Concerned with possible effects of unionization on quality, we analyzed unionization and local market climate of unionization, predicting both complaints (reflecting either quality prob...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Swan JH,Harrington C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess how well physiological measures, including biomarkers and genetic indicators, predict receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits among U.S. adults aged 51 to 65 years. METHOD:We used data from the 2006 to 2012 waves of the Health and Retirem...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Blue L,Gill L,Faul J,Bradway K,Stapleton D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To promote caregiver well-being and to help caregivers persevere in their invaluable roles, personal resources that predict increased self-care and reduced health risk behaviors need to be identified. METHOD:This study examined relationships between self-efficacy beliefs in three distinct domains of caregivi...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Rabinowitz YG,Mausbach BT,Thompson LW,Gallagher-Thompson D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to explore the association between mental work demands (MWDs) and late-life cognition among Chinese older adults. METHOD:Data were drawn from the baseline of the Shanghai Aging Study. RESULTS:Among 3,546 participants, the mean MWDs index of participants with dementia, mild cognitive...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Liang X,Chen Z,Dong X,Zhao Q,Guo Q,Zheng L,Deng W,Luo J,Ding D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of medication has become an increasingly important issue in the health and health care of older populations. The demographic changes resulting in greater numbers of individuals 65 and over, accompanied by a higher prevalence of chronic disease, focus attention on prescription and over-the-counter drugs, the major ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： German PS,Burton LC

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to investigate how socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with multidimensional measures of successful aging (SA), and how this varies and accumulates across the life-course. METHOD:Using data from 1,733 Scottish men and women from two cohorts aged around 57 and 76, respectively,...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Whitley E,Benzeval M,Popham F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this article, we examine the demographics of living arrangements and household headship status among Mexican-origin individuals aged 85+ years. METHOD:Data come from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE) caregiver and respondent surveys. RESULTS:Finance...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Cantu PA,Angel JL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the effect of individually tailored programs on perceived autonomy in institutionalized physically disabled older people and to describe participants' activity wishes and content of the programs. METHOD. This blinded randomized trial with follow up included a total of nine nursing homes and 50 n...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Andresen M,Runge U,Hoff M,Puggaard L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nah S,Martire LM,Zhaoyang R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00